Phone Signal Skeptics Prints

I tried to call 911, but do you know how hard it is to get reception inside a whale?

"Why don't we switch off the news and give Brexit up for Lent?"

Studies show foods work miracles!

CIA report

'In my time, we didn't talk to a blackberry. We just ate the damn things!'

"Actually, yes, honey — I do believe 'Fox News' is an oxymoron."

'It was only 500 yds across but as he visualised the GPS blind spot the risks seemed immense.'

Why do you hate the media?

"Can't we have 'PRESS BUTTON' to shut up the commentator's gobbledegook."

"I'd like to see you do this online."

'And this is Eddy, he's been giving virtual tours long before computers.'

Classic News.

"Fifty years in academia, studying, researching, writing and teaching. And what do they call me? ‘The Human AI’."

'What makes you think no-one understands you?'

"According to my phone, society is on the brink of collapse, but, according to our living room, things seem pretty O.K."

Domestic Spying Drones

"Climate change is not real. It's fake climate!"

The anti-social network: 'Hey Jeffrey...I need help setting up my dad's anti-social network.'

"This just in: you thought joy was within reach, but you were wrong."

Look! This says that space aliens have landed and have taken over control of the earth. Boy that's a load off my mind!

Time for today's dose of emotional manipulation...

No Unknown Unknowns

"Whatever happened to throwing Frisbees around?"

"Gramps, you were alive before everyone knew what you were doing on social media... What was that called?" "Bliss!"

'Someone is reading our emails. I'm afraid this means we're going to have to talk to each other.'

"Now remember...no lies about the government...only lies from the government."

The following story is based on actual events.

Newspaper headlines - Butters kills, Margarine kills.

"Of course you couldn't be replaced by an app. It would take at least two."

Social media and privacy

"Dad, can you read?"

"Paparazzi!"

You didn't text me that you met a guy! I couldn�t. There was no cell phone coverage. How awful. Diner. I'll say. What good is love � If you can't brag about it? Wow. Is that Shakespeare?

'This must be the Sea of Tranquility.'

These networks are definitely treating news as entertainment, but I'm not sure if they're going for drama or comedy.